GRi BEF News Ghana 13 - 10 - 2000
UK trade Mission to visit Ghana
AGI to promote
industrialisation in VR
UK trade Mission to visit Ghana
Accra (Greater Accra) 13 October 2000
Mr. Ashley Mitchell, Trade Advisor of the Global Trade Centre in London, is to visit Ghana from October 12 to 21, 2000, for discussions with officials of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and other organisations.
A statement by the Ministry in Accra on Thursday said Mr. Mitchell would establish trade links with exporters of commodities like cashew nuts, fruit juices, canned fruits, frozen fish, prawns, textiles and handicrafts while in the country.
He would meet exporters and entrepreneurs in Accra on October 17, 18 and 20 and those in Kumasi on the 19.
The Global Trade Centre was set up in 1996 to facilitate trade between the UK, Africa and the Caribbean.
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AGI to promote
industrialisation in VR
Ho (Volta Region) 13 October 2000
The Association of Ghana
Industries (AGI) is initiating plans to promote industrialisation in the Volta
Region.
Currently, the association is
negotiating for a 250,000-dollar deal with an Indian company to transform the
Sokode Biscuit Factory near Ho into a modern sustainable enterprise.
Prince Kofi Kludjeson, President
of the AGI disclosed this on Wednesday at the fifth in a series of regional
launchings of the Ghana Industry and Technology Exhibition (INDUTECH) 2001 in
Ho.
He said the AGI is also
negotiating with a United States company for the establishment of a cassava
starch factory in the Hohoe district.
"Sokode Biscuit," a
widely patronised, tasty but poorly packaged pastry has been on the market for
the past 40 years.
Prince Kludjeson said the AGI will
also promote the manufacture of foam products, support weaving and tourism in
the region.
Lieutenant -Colonel Charles
Agbenaza, Volta Regional Minister said the establishment of "West Africa
Cement" (WACEM) factory at Aflao as the second Macro industry after
Juapong textiles in the Volta Region, is transforming the socio-economic life
at Aflao and its environs.
He said with 400 employees and
many more benefiting indirectly from the cement factory, crime wave has
reportedly gone down in the area.
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